Dr. Matthias Dominok, LL.M.

Dr. Matthias Dominok has been working exclusively as a criminal defence lawyer since 2007. He advises and defends individuals and companies in all areas of commercial and tax criminal law.

He specialises in the defence of executives in complex, large-scale proceedings and in the defence against criminal charges in connection with the issue of investment products in the regulated and unregulated capital markets. Furthermore, he has in-depth factual and legal knowledge in the area of the Weapons Act and repeatedly defends clients in corresponding criminal proceedings.

He has been and continues to be involved in a wide range of major criminal proceedings. Examples include the defence of a former board member of a German car manufacturer in connection with allegations of manipulation of exhaust systems in diesel vehicles, the defence of a bank employee against allegations arising from the"cum/ex" complex, the defence of the president of a popular sports association against allegations of tax evasion and the defence of an on cologistin proceedings brought by the Hamburg public prosecutor's office concerning the billing of cytostatics.

The JUVE Handbook of Commercial Law Firms 2021/2022 names Dr. Matthias Dominok as a frequently recommended lawyer for the advice/defence of individuals in commercial criminal law ("reliable, collegial, combative", "also delivers the best and prudent results in interdisciplinary cooperation").

He has been consistently listed by Focus as a "Top Lawyer in Criminal Law" since 2019. Handelsblatt, in cooperation with Best Lawyers, has listed him in the annual ranking for "Commercial Criminal Law" since 2021, and since 2023 also in the area of "Criminal Tax Law".

Vita

  • Born 1973 in Frankfurtam Main
  • Studied law at the University of Bayreuth with additional training in economics
  • LL.M. programme "Commercial Criminal Law" at the University of Osnabrück 2002/2003
  • Admitted to the bar since 2007, working for Eckstein & Leitner in Munich, Mariassy von Stetten in Munich and Eckstein & Kollegen in Munich, among others
  • Lecturer at the University of Osnabrück since 2016
  • Specialist lawyer for criminal law since 2020
  • Head of specialist training for criminal law specialists at the Munich Bar Association since 2020
  • Founding partner at Fröba Dominok Rechtsanwälte in Munich in 2022

Publications:

  • Practical commentary on the ruling LG München I vom 11.12.2018 - 6 Qs 16/18, NStZ 2019, 172
  • Comment on the ruling of LG München I vom 10.02.2009 - 4 Qs 2/09, StraFo 2009, 146
  • Criminal liability for omission of public officials in environmental authorities, Hamburg, 2007
  • Review of BayObLG NJW2005, 309, in: JURA-Telegramm 2005, 144-146 (gem. mit Strauß)
  • Review of BGHSt 48, 207und BGH-Urteil vom 6.10.2004 - 1 StR 286/04, in: JURA-Telegramm 2005, 186 (gem. mit Strauß)

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Dr. Matthias Dominok, LL.M.

(Commercial criminal law)

Lawyer | Specialist lawyer for criminal law
Lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück

Dr Matthias Dominok has been working exclusively as a criminal defence lawyer since 2007. He advises and defends individuals and companies in all areas of commercial and tax criminal law.

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Munich:

+49 89 200 004 729

Frankfurt a.M:

+49 69 7689 1199